Explaining (and re-explaining) political change in the Middle East during the Arab Spring: Trajectories of democratization and of authoritarianism in the Maghreb

Democratization

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 969-990

  Volpi, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

authoritarian politics; causality; democratic transition; Middle East; revolution; understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887178118     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2012.668438     Document Type: Article

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